Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Livingston Wingate (1915-1995)
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Thomas Detter (1821- ? )
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Wendell Oliver Scott (1921-1990)
Jackson L.Davis, III
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Jackson L. Davis III (1944- )

Explore Global African History

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Kofi Yamgnane (1945- )
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Zanele Muholi (1972-)
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924- )
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(1963) Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, “Chancellor’s Address at the University of Ibadan”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
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African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators